Event Detail

Pianist and UC San Diego Distinguished Professor of Music Aleck Karis presents Beethoven’s monumental late sonata, the “Hammerklavier”, one of his most daring and experimental works, along with three Bach preludes and fugues and Beethoven’s first sonata, Opus 2 no. 1 in f minor. 

Program:

Bach

Preludes and Fugues

  C major, book II

  E-flat minor/D# minor, book II

  G major, book I

Beethoven

Sonata, Opus 2 no. 1

  Allegro

  Adagio

  Menuetto: Allegretto

  Prestissimo

Beethoven

Sonata, Opus 106 (“Hammerklavier”)

   Allegro

   Scherzo: Assai vivace

   Adagio sostenuto

   Largo; Allegro risoluto (Fuga a tre voci, con alcune licenze)